The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013

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42.—(1) A distributor who supplies new EEE to a person will ensure that WEEE from private households can be returned to them free of charge and on a one-to-one basis by that person, provided that any such WEEE—

(a)is of an equivalent type to, and

(b)has fulfilled the same function as,

the supplied equipment.

(2) A distributor who supplies new EEE from a retail premises with a sales area relating to EEE of at least 400m2 must provide for the collection of very small WEEE free of charge to the end-user of the EEE with no obligation to buy EEE of an equivalent type. Such collection must take place at the retail premises or in its immediate proximity.